Meanings
nounbowtie (plural bowties)
plural bowties · alternative bow tie · alternative bow-tie
- USA kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans strikdas, stropdas
- strikdasnecktie shaped like a bow
- stropdasnecktie shaped like a bow
Arabic رَبْطَة عُنُق كَفَرَاشَة
- رَبْطَة عُنُق كَفَرَاشَة (rabṭat ʕunuq ka-farāša)necktie shaped like a bow
Basque tximeleta-begizta
- tximeleta-begiztanecktie shaped like a bow
Bulgarian папионка
- папионка (papionka)necktie shaped like a bow
Catalan corbatí
- corbatínecktie shaped like a bow
Chinese Cantonese 煲呔
- 煲呔 (bou¹ taai¹)necktie shaped like a bow
Chinese Mandarin 領結 /领结
- 領結 /领结 (lǐngjié)necktie shaped like a bow
Czech motýlek
- motýleknecktie shaped like a bow
Danish sløjfe, butterfly
- sløjfenecktie shaped like a bow
- butterflynecktie shaped like a bow
Dutch vlinderdas, strikje
- vlinderdasnecktie shaped like a bow
- strikjenecktie shaped like a bow
Esperanto bantkravato
- bantkravatonecktie shaped like a bow
Estonian kikilips
- kikilipsnecktie shaped like a bow
Finnish rusetti, solmuke
- rusettinecktie shaped like a bow
- solmukenecktie shaped like a bow
- mirrinecktie shaped like a bow
- rusetti-shaped like a bow-tie
- rusettimainenshaped like a bow-tie
- rusetin muotoinenshaped like a bow-tie
French nœud papillon, nœud pap'
- nœud papillonnecktie shaped like a bow
- nœud pap'necktie shaped like a bow
- en nœud papillonshaped like a bow-tie
German Fliege
- Fliegenecktie shaped like a bow
Greek παπιγιόν
- παπιγιόν (papigión)necktie shaped like a bow
Hebrew עניבת פרפר
- עניבת פרפר (anivat parpar)necktie shaped like a bow
Hungarian csokornyakkendő
- csokornyakkendőnecktie shaped like a bow
Icelandic slaufa, þverslaufa
- slaufanecktie shaped like a bow
- þverslaufanecktie shaped like a bow
- slaufu-shaped like a bow-tie
Italian cravattino, cravatta a farfalla
- cravattinonecktie shaped like a bow
- cravatta a farfallanecktie shaped like a bow
Japanese ボウタイ
- ボウタイ (bōtai)necktie shaped like a bow
Korean 보타이, 나비넥타이
- 보타이 (botai)necktie shaped like a bow
- 나비넥타이 (nabinektai)necktie shaped like a bow
Latvian tauriņš
- tauriņšnecktie shaped like a bow
Lithuanian varlytė, peteliškė
- varlytėnecktie shaped like a bow
- peteliškėnecktie shaped like a bow
Norwegian Bokmål sløyfe, tversoversløyfe
- sløyfenecktie shaped like a bow
- tversoversløyfenecktie shaped like a bow
Persian پاپیون
- پاپیون (pâpeyon)necktie shaped like a bow
Polish muszka
- muszkanecktie shaped like a bow
Portuguese gravata de laço, gravata borboleta
- gravata de laçonecktie shaped like a bow
- gravata borboletanecktie shaped like a bow
Romanian papion
- papionnecktie shaped like a bow
Russian га́лстук-ба́бочка, ба́бочка
- га́лстук-ба́бочка (gálstuk-bábočka)necktie shaped like a bow
- ба́бочка (bábočka)necktie shaped like a bow
Slovak motýlik
- motýliknecktie shaped like a bow
Spanish corbata de humita, corbata de lacito
- corbata de humitanecktie shaped like a bow
- corbata de lacitonecktie shaped like a bow
- corbata de moñonecktie shaped like a bow
- corbata de pajaritonecktie shaped like a bow
- corbata gatonecktie shaped like a bow
- corbata michinecktie shaped like a bow
- corbatínnecktie shaped like a bow
- lacitonecktie shaped like a bow
- moñitanecktie shaped like a bow
- moñonecktie shaped like a bow
- pajaritanecktie shaped like a bow
Swedish fluga
- fluganecktie shaped like a bow
Tagalog buklod-kurbata
- buklod-kurbatanecktie shaped like a bow
Thai ผ้าผูกคอหูกระต่าย
- ผ้าผูกคอหูกระต่าย (phapookkhawhŏokratàai)necktie shaped like a bow
Turkish papyon
- papyonnecktie shaped like a bow
Ukrainian краватка-метелик, мете́лик
- краватка-метелик (kravatka-metelyk)necktie shaped like a bow
- мете́лик (metélyk)necktie shaped like a bow
Vietnamese ca vát nơ bướm
- ca vát nơ bướmnecktie shaped like a bow
Welsh tei bo, teis bo
- tei bonecktie shaped like a bow
- teis bonecktie shaped like a bow
Cite this entry
APA
bowtie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowtie
MLA
“bowtie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowtie. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bowtie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowtie.
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